Chapter 232

Elodie’s POV

The air inside the Ignis-Needle Ice Arena smelled like frozen expectations.

But as I sat in the third row of the bleachers, clutching a lukewarm coffee, the atmosphere felt jagged.

The victory over the Rourkes hadn't brought the total peace I’d imagined.

Instead, it had left the pack in a state of hyper-awareness, like an animal that had just survived a forest fire and was now twitc